In a nod to the recent solstice and the rituals for celebrating and observing it, here’s Spinal Tap’s Stonehenge.

[For the Spinal Tap (the band whose amps go up to 11) uninitiated, here’s something you need to know in order to appreciate the last part of this clip. In an earlier scene, when the sketch of the stage prop that is lowered onto the stage was given to the fabrication team, the dimensions were written by someone who apparently believed that one tick (‘) means an inch and two ticks (“) means a foot. Isn’t that right?]

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Comments

Ha! Glad to hear it brought back memories. One of my favorite ongoing gags was the drummers spontaneously combusting. I really enjoy the zaniness of Christopher Guest and his creative colleagues and I’m delighted to know it’s shared.